The power of example
Everyone has idols, especially children. What kind of person he learns and worships indicates what kind of person he will become.
Confucius Temple and imperial academy in the capital are the highest institutions of learning in China. In addition to Confucius, the four pairs of twelve philosophers of the Eastern and Western schools are all ranked by Confucian sages of past dynasties. People who have made outstanding contributions to the country and Chinese culture, such as Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and Gu. Be honored and sacrificed here. Generally speaking, local institutions of higher learning will offer sacrifices to local sages and encourage young people to go to school in the future.
The ancients paid special attention to the demonstration significance of positive figures to society. Therefore, most of the twenty-four histories are biographies of filial piety and loyalty, with extremely rich contents. The outstanding figures among them are role models for future generations to learn.
"Rich dad" demands that the wealth of his children should not be exposed.
Most of the rich fathers in ancient times would not let their children breed the superior psychology of "rich second generation". The ancients regarded business as "the art of Tao Zhu" and conducted "moral training" when they first entered the business, that is, "teaching them to be the first", demanding that their children be kind and virtuous in business, and avoid being rich and heartless.
In the Ming Dynasty, Quincey Wong, a wealthy businessman in Zhou Pu, Shaanxi Province, often educated his children to "control profits with righteousness". The epitaph after his death affirmed his view on children's education, saying that Wang Wenxian "once taught all the philosophers:' The husband and the businessman are integrated with different skills, so the good businessman is skillful in the field of wealth and goods without pollution'"
It's not easy for dad to be king.
Among the emperors' fathers, the most commendable is Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong. Li Shimin has 14 sons. In order to educate princes and other princes and cultivate qualified successors in the Tang Dynasty, he specially wrote Imperial Model and Forbidden Royal Family. He was also ordered to collect the success or failure of the children of ancient and modern emperors, compile a Record of Good and Evil of Ancient Governors, and send it to ministers for reading. Li Shimin's famous theory of governing the country: "A boat is not as good as a man, water is not as good as Li Shu, and water can carry a boat and overturn it" is what he said when educating and admonishing princes.
As the father of the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was also well-intentioned in educating the prince. He writes lyrics, composes music, teaches his descendants to sing and entertains them. Therefore, historians speak highly of Zhu Yuanzhang, the father of the emperor. From 0755 to 79000, they said, "That was the last year of the Ming Dynasty, and the palace was cleaned. Critics say that his family law is good, surpassing Han and Tang dynasties. "